Event Details

You can see an overview of the program below, as well as some some of the workshops/presentations and the film series program

Attention:the registration includes all films and pre-events, as well as meals

Sliding scale in base of income is $150 - $200 - $200

but you can also opt only for Vandana Shiva presentation$20

or 1 film $10 or 4 films for $30

or the whole film series for only$50

You also can buy a Solidarity Student Ticket (include all week events) for only $50

The GMO Awareness Week Film Series

Films July 29th/August 1st. - Summit August 2nd/3rd.

Justice Begins with Seeds

2013 International Conference

Featuring Dr. Vandana Shiva

August 2nd & 3rd - Seattle, Washington

Seattle First Presbyterian Church, 1013 8th Avenue, Seattle WA 98104

(For The GMO Awareness Week Film Series and Extended Events see full Program)

Seattle First Presbyterian Church, 1013 8th Avenue, Seattle WA 98104

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(Above you can see the sliding scale, please consider that your donation will hellp with travel assistance and create a more inclusive and diverse conference)

This annual conference is the largest gathering in the US focused on educating and creating awareness about the implications of GMO seeds. As an international platform to share, learn and launch campaigns in support of a GMO FREE food supply, speakers from various backgrounds will examine GMO seed’s relation to health, social justice, environment and corporate consolidation within local to global contexts.

Conference organizer, the Biosafety Alliance, is a cross-sector, multi-level and interethnic alliance of people and organizations dedicated to NON GMO food.

Explores the systematic corporate takeover and potential loss of humanity’s most precious and ancient inheritance: seeds. Director Jeremy Seifert investigates how loss of seed diversity and corresponding laboratory assisted genetic alteration of food affects his young children, the health of our planet, and freedom of choice everywhere. GMO OMG follows one family’s struggle to live and eat without participating in an unhealthy, unjust, and destructive food system.

QUEEN OF THE SUN: What Are the Bees Telling Us?

Director Taggart Siegel. Monday July 29th, 8:00 PM(83 Minutes)

QUEEN OF THE SUN: What Are the Bees Telling Us? is a profound, alternative look at the global bee crisis from Taggart Siegel, director of THE REAL DIRT ON FARMER JOHN. Taking us on a journey through the catastrophic disappearance of bees and the mysterious world of the beehive, this engaging and ultimately uplifting film weaves an unusual and dramatic story of the heartfelt struggles of beekeepers, scientists and philosophers from around the world including Michael Pollan, Gunther Hauk and Vandana Shiva. Together they reveal both the problems and the solutions in renewing a culture in balance with nature.

The Garden.

Scott Hamilton Kennedy. Tuesday July 30th, 6:00 PM(80 minutes)

The Garden is about the South Central Farmers, a group of dirt-poor Los Angelenos who took a track of urban ruin and turned it into an Eden--only to see the flora they so lovingly planted and tended be bulldozed by a selfish landowner. This film is about their dignity, determination and their fight to preserve their garden--and what they've done to recover from its loss.

Dirt! The Movie.

Directed by Bill Benenson. Tuesday July 30th, 8:00 PM (86 Minutes)

A look at man's relationship with Dirt. Dirt and humans couldn't be closer. We started our journey together as stardust, swirled by cosmic forces into our galaxy, solar system, and planet. We are made of the same stuff. Four billion years of evolution created dirt as the living source of all life on Earth including humans. Dirt has given us food, shelter, fuel, medicine, ceramics, flowers, cosmetics and color --everything needed for our survival. For most of the last ten thousand years we humans understood our intimate bond with dirt and the rest of nature. We took care of the soils that took care of us. But, over time, we lost that connection. Our species became greedy and careless. We still depend on dirt, but now we abuse and ignore it. We are destroying our last natural resource with our agriculture, our mining, and our paving over the planet for cities. We turned dirt into something "dirty." In doing so, we transform the skin of the earth into a hellish and dangerous landscape for all life on earth.

The Power of Community; How Cuba Survived the Peak Oil.

Director Faith Morgan. Wednesday July 31st, 6:00 PM (53 Minutes)

When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1990, Cuba's economy went into a tailspin. With imports of oil cut by more than half – and food by 80 percent – people were desperate. This film tells of the hardships and struggles as well as the community and creativity of the Cuban people during this difficult time. Cubans share how they transitioned from a highly mechanized, industrial agricultural system to one using organic methods of farming and local, urban gardens. It is an unusual look into the Cuban culture during this economic crisis, which they call "The Special Period." The film opens with a short history of Peak Oil, a term for the time in our history when world oil production will reach its all-time peak and begin to decline forever. Cuba, the only country that has faced such a crisis – the massive reduction of fossil fuels – is an example of options and hope.

Edible City: Grow the Revolution.

Director Andrew Hasse.Wednesday July 29th, 7:00 PM (60 minutes)

Edible City is a feature-length documentary film that tells the stories of extraordinary people who are digging their hands into the dirt, working to transform their communities and doing something truly revolutionary: growing local Good Food systems that are socially just, environmentally sound, and economically resilient.

The Future of food Thursday.

Director Beborah Koon Garcia.August 1st, 6:00 PM (88 Minutes)

THE FUTURE OF FOOD offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have quietly filled U.S. grocery store shelves for the past decade. From the prairies of Saskatchewan, Canada to the fields of Oaxaca, Mexico, this film gives a voice to farmers whose lives and livelihoods have been negatively impacted by this new technology. The health implications, government policies and push towards globalization are all part of the reason why many people are alarmed about the introduction of genetically altered crops into our food supply.

Symphony of the Soil, Thursday.

Director Beborah Koon Garcia. August 1st, 8:00 PM (104 Minutes)

Drawing from ancient knowledge and cutting edge science, Symphony of the Soil is an artistic exploration of the miraculous substance soil. By understanding the elaborate relationships and mutuality between soil, water, the atmosphere, plants and animals, we come to appreciate the complex and dynamic nature of this precious resource. The film also examines our human relationship with soil, the use and misuse of soil in agriculture, deforestation and development, and the latest scientific research on soil's key role in ameliorating the most challenging environmental issues of our time.

The Biosafety Alliance is a cross sector, multilevel and inter-ethnic alliance of individuals and organizations working together to engage in broader outreach around genetically modified (GMO) food issues and to bring together strategic coalitions of diverse stakeholders to advocate for a GMO free food supply as a means of pushing for a shift from an industrial food model, to a model of local resilience.GMOs are a symbol that represent the industrial food system and a key point that needs to be addressed in order to address and shift the industrial food model.

Our vision is to get the multi-faceted number of issues with GMOs, from health, to social justice, to environmental issues, to corporate consolidation, to enter the framework of various groups who have not traditionally focused on the issue of GMOs as a central theme and point that needs to be addressed to push for a systemic shift in the current corporate food regime.http://biosafetyalliance.org

Organizer

Biosafety Alliance

The Biosafety Alliance is a cross sector, multilevel and inter-ethnic alliance of individuals and organizations working together to engage in broader outreach around genetically modified (GMO) food issues and to bring together strategic coalitions of diverse stakeholders to advocate for a GMO free food supply as a means of pushing for a shift from an industrial food model, to a model of local resilience.GMOs are a symbol that represent the industrial food system and a key point that needs to be addressed in order to address and shift the industrial food model.

Our vision is to get the multi-faceted number of issues with GMOs, from health, to social justice, to environmental issues, to corporate consolidation, to enter the framework of various groups who have not traditionally focused on the issue of GMOs as a central theme and point that needs to be addressed to push for a systemic shift in the current corporate food regime. http://biosafetyalliance.org/